#C79CEA#C79CEA

#C79CEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.118 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79CEA
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 234)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(273, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 33.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 30.38, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 45.06, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.0742 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.118 309)
XYZ	xyz(50.2902, 41.8601, 83.2564)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79CEA #BFEA9C

analogous

#A09CEA #C79CEA #EA9CE6

triadic

#C79CEA #EAC79C #9CEAC7

tetradic

#C79CEA #EAA09C #BFEA9C #9CE6EA

square

#C79CEA #EAA09C #BFEA9C #9CE6EA

split-complementary

#C79CEA #E6EA9C #9CEAA0

monochromatic

#8E37D5 #AA6ADF #C79CEA #E4CEF5 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C79CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C79CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79CEA

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79CEA	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.118 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b9f1',
    500: '#c79cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79cea;
$custom-light: #d9b9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.077,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76008,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.4186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79CEA

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CD196A

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79CEA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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